Interesting Looking Mushrooms
By snowy
@snowy22315 (180758)
United States
September 11, 2022 7:43am CST
So, friend and I took a field trip to the local Farmers Market yesterday. Although, kind of being between seasons, they didn't have a lot of produce there. One booth they did have though was one that was selling mushrooms from their mushroom farm. They had some I had never seen like some yellow ruffly ones which may have been Chantarelle, not sure I didn't ask but should have, and Lions Mane. I was tempted to buy some just for the novelty, and the nutrients, mushrooms are very good for you, but at 8 bucks for a pint sized container, I decided to pass. I will get some from the store next time I go though. I think I should try to eat them all in one go, or at least the next day, because whenever I buy mushrooms, I eat maybe 5 or 6 of them, and the rest invariably rot, just not a big fan.
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@Beestring (14560)
• Hong Kong
11 Sep 22
Indeed, this mushroom looks interesting. They are edible. Right?
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
I don't know about this one. I just liked it for a picture to go with the discussion.
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@Beestring (14560)
• Hong Kong
11 Sep 22
@snowy22315 Some mushrooms are poisonous.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
@Beestring Yes, that is why it is best to get those commercially produced unless you really know what you are doing.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
12 Sep 22
Not sure, but they are a version of Morel which are mostly edible. To me it looks more like a sponge honestly, you know the natural kind they pick up from the ocean.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
12 Sep 22
@RebeccasFarm Either that or the brains of your slumlords..
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
@LadyDuck Are there certain designated areas or what, or is it just up to the public to self enforce?
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
It is, do you ever pick wild ones?
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@LadyDuck (471541)
• Switzerland
11 Sep 22
@snowy22315 We do not find the morels here, but there are many chantarelles and some porcini, not many. We can pick up wild ones, some days of the week and only a limited quantity.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
12 Sep 22
Yes, much different edible mushrooms variety. Yes, good to ask booth and get recipes too. I understand, for I do that too. Just goes to fast. 
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
12 Sep 22
The booth was fun, to look at the different types. She had lots of mushroom recipes too.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
12 Sep 22
@oahuwriter Yep, fresh off the farm.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
12 Sep 22
@snowy22315
That's nice, farmers market really fresh veggies!
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@cabuyogty (3027)
• Philippines
12 Sep 22
The picture of a mushroom above looks weird. Is it edible to eat?
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@cabuyogty (3027)
• Philippines
14 Sep 22
@snowy22315 i think that mushroom looks good and i just like to see it
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
It is a certain type of Morelle mushroom.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
@sica98 I wasn't either. I was drawn to the mushroom booth to see the exotic, at least to me, looking mushrooms.
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@sica98 (2441)
• Malaysia
11 Sep 22
@snowy22315 It has a strangely unique design to it, in a nice way.I'm not really familiar with this type of mushroom.
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@shaggin (72135)
• United States
12 Sep 22
@snowy22315 yep he has books on it and he double checks online sometimes too. Hen of the woods is common around here and very easy to identify.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
12 Sep 22
??? Does he know which ones are poisonous and which ones are not?
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@ptrikha_2 (46955)
• India
11 Sep 22
I once read a big article about Mushrooms. A former editor of a big Indian newspaper wrote that.
He is Vir Sanghvi and writes a lot about Food from across the world, and experiences firsthand.
So did you cook and eat any Mushrooms recently?
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
No, but I think I will get some when I go to the store.
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@ptrikha_2 (46955)
• India
12 Sep 22
@snowy22315
Do share your Mushroom experience whenever you buy and cook some !
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
There are subtle differences in the taste. I did not buy the one in the picture.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
@sjvg1976 I just got this pic online, they didn't have those kinds of mushrooms there. They had yellow, ruffly ones.
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
11 Sep 22
@snowy22315 you should have bought and tasted it.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
I am not sure if it was a mushroom or todtool but I saw a bright blue one maybe 18 months ago
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
@rebelann They come in all kinds of colors.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
11 Sep 22
That looks like morels I've seen in California... but without knowing for sure, I wouldn't pick those.
Pretty always says mushrooms taste like dirt so she doesn't like them but, when I buy mushrooms to bread and fry, she will eat as many of them as I will let her eat. I have to tell her to stop eating them as fast as I can fry them so I'll get some of them, too.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
They are safe from me as this was a pic online 
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
12 Sep 22
@snowy22315 That's the best kind of mushrooms to "pick" since pictures can't make you sick.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
Even if a buy a small pack of portabellos, I might eat one of two.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
@Ronrybs I sort of force myself to eat them, but sauteed in butter with salt and pepper sound pretty good
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@Ronrybs (19296)
• London, England
11 Sep 22
@snowy22315 I haven't eaten a whole mushroom in ages, so I probably won't get through even that many!
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
12 Sep 22
That does look interesting.
Mushrooms are easily perishable. And they are a bit on expensive side here. I will get some mushrooms on Wednesday when I get veggies.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
12 Sep 22
They are sort of expensive here, but of course, just about everything is these days.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
13 Sep 22
@snowy22315 Yes, inflation has hit everyone hard.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
24 Sep 22
The one in the photo, is it edible? This is the first time that I have seen that weird looking mushroom.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
27 Sep 22
@snowy22315 Me too for I know there are some mushrooms which are poisonous. It's better to check them than to be sorry.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
12 Sep 22
They are good with certain things like steak or spaghetti sauce. I am going to try to make myself eat more of them. Stuffed portabellos are quite good. You almost forget it is a mushroom!
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@sathviksouvik (19475)
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12 Sep 22
the mushroom is very strange. In India we only have toadlike mushroom
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
12 Sep 22
We have a small variety here. I don't know where the one in the picture came from.
@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
14 Sep 22
I haven't but one thing I saw around here, not sure if mushroom or toadstool was a bright blue one.
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
Yes, the mushroom person was selling yellow ruffled ones. I think Chantarelle.
@aureategloom (9559)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
11 Sep 22
it does look interesting. can you buy less, to be sure you'll eat them? we keep them in the freezer, i don't know if they'd go bad after some time cause we usually eat them in the next few days
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@snowy22315 (180758)
• United States
11 Sep 22
The only ones they seem to sell in small quanities are portabellos, and some of the sliced ones.
